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Lim's triumph came on a successful day for South Korea as Jang Woo-jin dispatched 14th seed Marcos Freitas of Portugal 11-6, 12-14, 11-3, 11-6, 11-7.

Top seed Fan Zhendong of China, the current world number one and World Championships silver medallist, had no such worries as he battled to a 5-11, 11-5, 11-2, 13-11, 9-11, 11-8 victory over Jeoung Young-sik of South Korea.

Wong Chun Ting, the sixth seed from Hong Kong, is also through as he battled from two games down to oust Austria’s Robert Gardos 7-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7.

Former world number one Zhu Yuling of China was among the winners in the first round of the women's singles event.

Zhu booked her place in round two with a 11-4, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7 win against Minami Ando of Japan.

Jeon Ji-hee of South Korea also progressed as she beat Cheng I-Ching of Chinese Taipei 14-12, 7-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 17-15 in a marathon contest.

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Since joining insidethegames.biz, in 2015 Liam Morgan has covered a variety of international multi-sport events and conferences, including the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. He also reported from the 2017 IOC Session in Lima and three editions of the FIFA Congress. He graduated from Southampton Solent University in 2014 with a BA First Class honours degree in Sports Journalism.

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Fact of the day

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.

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